The secret of fame : the literary encounter in an age of distraction / by Gabriel Zaid ; translated by Natasha Wimmer
Material type: TextPublication details: Philadelphia : Paul Dry Books , 2008.Edition: 1st Paul Dry Books edDescription: 182 p. ; 19 cmISBN:- 9781589880382
- LAS 864 ZAI
- PQ7298.36.A5 S43 2008
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Includes bibliographical references.
Catching miracles -- Quotations and aphorisms -- Exotic quotations -- Misused quotations -- Accumulable quotations -- At the feet of the footnotes -- Quotable people -- The odds against reading -- Three concepts of complete works -- Foolishly complete works -- Classics and bestsellers -- Shelf theory -- The economics of the limelight -- The rise of the image -- The secret of fame -- What to do with the mediocrities? -- The glorification of the author -- From the microtext to the I.
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